Curriculum

Our school offers a six-year post primary education – three years at junior cycle and three years at senior cycle. Transition year within the senior cycle is optional. We offer an extremely comprehensive range of subjects to our students in both cycles.

All subjects are open to both boys and girls.

JUNIOR CYCLE

Gaeilge

English

Mathematics

Science

History

Geography

French

German

Religious Education

Civic, Social & Political Education*

Social, Personal & Health Education

Business Studies

Art, Craft, Design

Music

Technical Graphics

Metalwork

Materials Technology Wood

Home Economics

Physical Education

Information and Communication Technology

Wellbeing**

*Will not be an examination subject after 2019

** For students starting in First Year 2017, Wellbeing will incorporate CSPE, SPHE & PE

TRANSITION YEAR

Our aim is to educate our students for maturity while emphasising social awareness and increasing social competence.
We educate through experience of adult and working life and we promote general, technical and academic skills while emphasising self-directed learning.
Our broad-based curriculum exposes students to a wide variety of optional subjects at either core or optional level.
Core Subjects include:

Students who have successfully completed the Transition Year Programme are awarded a certificate of participation by the Department of Education & Science.
In addition some modular courses carry certification for specific purposes, including:
Microsoft Office Specialist*
GAA Coaching Certificate
Sage Accounting
An Gaisce

Work Experience

Work Experience is central to this programme. It provides a focus for the other aspects of the course and helps to make school-based learning relevant to the work place. The students attend a two week placement in February / March.
Additional Information on 4th Year is available on our Guidance webpage.

LEAVING CERTIFICATE

Gaeilge

Biology

Accounting

English

Social and Scientific

Economics

French

Music

German

Business

Information and Communication Technology

Physical Education

Design, Communications and Graphics

Art

Mathematics

Construction Studies

Career Guidance

History

Religion

Physics

Geography

Chemistry

Engineering

Politics and Society*

Computer Science*

*New subjects from September 2018

LEAVING CERTIFICATE APPLIED PROGRAMME

The L.C.A. programme is a unique approach to education and learning. It is an innovative programme in the way the students learn, in what they learn and in the way their achievements are assessed. In essence, it is a continuous assessment course with final state examinations accounting for a third of all marks. Students gain credits for applying their knowledge, skills and experience to practical tasks at school, in the workplace and in the wider community.

LEAVING CERTIFICATE VOCATIONAL PROGRAMME

The Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme provides students with the opportunity to realise their potential for self directed learning, for innovation and for enterprise. Students follow this programme as part of the Leaving Certificate. It is currently available to students who select particular combinations of Leaving Certificate subjects.